John C. Daniels

First, I would like to apologize for the long wait for this post. The holidays were so busy, and then extra days off, but we are finally starting to get back into our normal routines.

We had a great week! Room 123- English Literacy   Room 122- Spanish Literacy

   Spanish Math                       English Math

Phonics:

• Our new sight words are: my, is, cat    
• New letter sounds: F & P
• Please continue to review sight words daily with your child. Also review all letter names and sounds!

Shared Reading: A Trip to the City

• We discussed the author and thought about reasons she might have wrote this book. We also thought of some questions we would ask the author. Our conversations generated just wonderful questions we decided to write a letter to the author! Hopefully the author will take a couple of minutes and send us a response. That would be so exciting! I’ll keep you posted.

Writing:

• This week we began working on writing our own sentences! We began by writing the first sound we heard in each one of our words in our sentence

Comprehension: A Baby Sister for Frances

• We worked on retelling the story picking one important event from the beginning, middle and end of the story. When you read to your child try having him/her retell the story when you are done.

Math:

• We worked on counting up to 10 using our fingers and counting on using our fingers.
• We also worked on adding one more.
• Finally we compared numbers- using the words more, less, same.

Social Studies/Science:

• We continued to learn about the compass rose.
• We practiced using the cardinal directions: N, S, E, W
• We also learned a song about the cardinal directions. Ask your child to sing it for you!
• We also learned about intermediate directions: NE, SE, SW, NW

Looking Ahead:

• Tuesday, January 24: We welcome our HOT artist Derron Wood. He will be working with both classes. More information will be sent home about his residency with us.
• Wednesday, January 25: Room 123 will visit Tower 1. We will be making a small craft and having a snack with the grandmas and grandpas. Permission slip will be sent home on Monday.
• Monday, January 30: ½ day

Dear Parents,

          The next two weeks are super busy! We have lots of fun events planned and would love you to be a part of them! Here are the events that are happening in school. If you have any questions please let us know.

• Tuesday December 13: Ziti Dinner

Band concert is at 5:00.

Ziti dinner begins at 6:00. Adults are $5.00 and children are $3.00. There will be raffle prizes and a visit from a special friend from the North Pole!

1. oTuesday December 20: Holiday Assembly

We will be performing two songs! Jingle Bells and Feliz Navidad.

Assembly begins at 10:30 in our auditorium.

Please have your child wear khaki bottoms and a red shirt.

• Thursday December 22: Our Holiday Party!

We will celebrate the holiday season with very special centers and

of course some special treats!

If you would like to send in a treat please let us know. We are trying to

keep the party simple without too many sweet treats.

• Friday December 23: ½ day dismissal at 12:50.
• Monday December 26 to Monday January 2: NO SCHOOL

Enjoy your holiday!

Mrs. Mason, Mrs. McNeil, Mrs. Acevedo and Mrs. Mona

 Ronald McDonald!

He talked to us about being a good friend.  We played some games, sang some songs and had a blast!!!

November 18

          This week room 123 learned all about the letters H, E and B. We also continue to play what word (I break up the words into 2 parts and the students need to put it together and tell me what word I’m saying) and what’s the first sound (I give the students a word and they tell me what sound the word begins with). These are both great phonics games that you can play at home with your child!

          In shared reading we read the story It Didn’t Frighten Me. I ask your child to tell you what was sitting up in the child’s tree. Within this story we worked on our CAP (Concepts about Print) skills. We pointed to the first and last word on each page, we pointed to where we should start reading on each page and we pointed to each word as we read it! Have your child practice doing some of these skills when you read to him/her at night.

          In comprehension we read the story When Sophie Gets Angry…Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang. We continue to discuss the author and illustrator and what their jobs are. We also found the problem within our story and how it was solved. We also discussed different ways that Sophie could have solved her problem. We also made personal connections to the text about times when we were angry and what we did. We discussed the different reactions we can have when we are angry and some things we could do when we are angry to calm ourselves down. Our vocabulary words this week were: angry, comforts and heads for home. Ask your child what these words/phrases mean.

          In writing we choose one piece of work to publish. Then we added more details and color to make it perfect! Our finished products can be found hanging in our classroom. Come in and take a look!

          In math we learned all about the number 9 and we began making comparisons between numbers. We also counted 9 objects and wrote the number 9!

          We ended our first unit, The World in Our Backyard, by putting together our family books. We ended our science unit, Weather, by observing the wind speed using flags we made in class. We found that on Thursday there was zero to minimal wind and on Friday there was some wind! We had a great time getting out onto the playground and using our flags!

Reminders:

• Conferences are ending this week! If you missed your appointment please call us to reschedule for another date. Due to limited time missed conferences will be made up after our Thanksgiving break.
• Wednesday is a ½ day with dismissal at 12:40.
• There is no school on Thursday or Friday.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!